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Timur Vermes (born 1967) is a German writer. Previously a
'The Dictatorship of We,' interview w/ Toby McCasker, Spook magazine
REVIEW : Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
21st-century German novelists Ghostwriters 1967 births Living people German male novelists German people of Hungarian descent Writers from Nuremberg University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni 21st-century German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub
Timur Vermes (born 1967) is a German writer. Previously a ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often ...
, his first novel ''Er ist wieder da'', which has sold over a million copies in Germany, is a satire about Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
and 21st-century Germany. The English version, '' Look Who's Back'', was translated by Jamie Bulloch
Jamie Bulloch (born 6 September 1969) is a British historian and translator of German literature.
Life and work
Jamie was born at East Dulwich Hospital in 1969. He grew up in Tooting, south-west London, attending first Rosemead School, then Wh ...
and published by MacLehose Press in April 2014. The paperback was released in March 2015.
Early life
Timur Vermes was born inNuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
in 1967 to a German mother and Hungarian father. His father had fled from Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
after the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...
. He attended the Helene Lange Gymnasium in Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the ...
.
Career
After graduation, he studied history and politics in theUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...
. Since then, he has been a journalist for tabloids such as the Munich ''Abendzeitung
The Abendzeitung (''"Evening Paper"''), sometimes abbreviated to AZ, is a liberal morning tabloid newspaper from Munich, Germany. A localized edition is published in Nuremberg. The paper is published six days a week; the masthead of the Saturday ...
'' and the Cologne '' Express'' among other newspapers. In 2007, he started to ghostwrite books, including a book by a so-called crime scene cleaner entitled ''Was vom Tode übrig bleibt'' (English: ''What's Left Of Death'').
In 2012 he published his debut novel, '' Er ist wieder da''. The novel is a satire in which Adolf Hitler wakes up in Berlin in 2011 and through various comedy television shows eventually re-enters politics. After presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. It is considered to be the most important book fair in the world for internationa ...
, the novel rose to number one on the ''Spiegel'' Bestseller List. The audiobook read by Christoph Maria Herbst
Christoph Maria Herbst (born 9 February 1966) is a German actor and comedian.
Early life
Herbst was born in Wuppertal. After passing the Abitur, he became a trainee banker and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time ...
also reached the top spot. As of July 2015, the book has sold over 1.4 million copies and has been translated into 41 languages.
In 2018, Vermes released his second novel, entitled ''Die Hungrigen und die Satten'' (English: ''The Hungry and the Full'').
Popular culture
In December 2013 it was announced thatConstantin Film
The Constantin Film AG is a German mini-major film production and distribution company based in Munich. The company, which belongs to Swiss media conglomerate Highlight Communications AG, is a large independent German maker and distributor of pr ...
had bought the rights to make a movie based on the novel '' Er ist wieder da''. The film was released in 2015 and later on Netflix in April 2016 as ''Look Who's Back''. Vermes also wrote the script for the film.
References
External links
'The Dictatorship of We,' interview w/ Toby McCasker, Spook magazine
REVIEW : Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
21st-century German novelists Ghostwriters 1967 births Living people German male novelists German people of Hungarian descent Writers from Nuremberg University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni 21st-century German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub